122 Chapter 122: Assessmen (1/2)
”Did he... just do a ”combo” with the moves he just learnt?” Sheldon was astounded beyond any considerable doubt. He just witnessed what it means to be in the presence of a true monster!
Creating combos are only done by people with extreme familiarity with the usage of his technique. This would also need a great amount of practice to pull off since the timing and the energy output needed differs which greatly affects the effectiveness of a combo.
The difficulty of using a combo lies on the number of moves that you wish to execute it with. Creating a combo from two techniques is easier than creating one with three techniques. Remarkably, Dylan did it with three techniques that he just learnt in an hour or so!
”Did you teach this to him, Hallmaster?!” Sheldon suddenly asked in hysteria since reality proved to be far cruel! Dylan just absolutely defied all of their expectations.
”O-of course not! Like I said, this is a test of his comprehension ability!” Azelmek who was normally composed was momentarily dumbstruck and even stuttered as he spoke.
”Does that mean he already knew the techniques before coming to the library? That would explain why he would be able to perform a combo, right?” Sheldon thought of another possibility.
”That's impossible! The three techniques were all picked in a completely random order and I saw myself the fascination he had when he was reading a lot of books. He did not even know what to choose so all the books are my choice. How could he predict that? There are over tens of thousands of techniques at the Mystical technique section! How would he be able to predict that those three are the techniques I chose?” Azelmek quickly denied the possibility of Dylan knowing the technique beforehand.
Sheldon was momentarily taken a back before forcing out another question from his mouth. ”Then, how was he able to do it? Did the three techniques you pick coincidentally be connected with each other?”
”That... should not be the case. We looked around and only looked for those books that are best for assessing a persons comprehension. I can assure you that they are all different. The authors and even the revisors are all different people so how could they be connected.” Azelmek was certain pf what he said since he checked the 3 techniques credibility by checking the names of their authors or creators.
”But he just...” Sheldon tried to speak again but he was interrupted by an angry Azelmek.
”Stop asking me about it! If you want to know, then ask Dylan yourself. That way you can know how he did it first hand.” Azelmek retorted angrily.
It was at this moment that Dylan arrived near them. When Dylan was closing in, he heard an angry shout from Azelmek which astonished him. He found it odd when he heard the words ”ask Dylan yourself.”
'What just happened? What did I do? Did they discover that I'm Null? Hmm, no, my acting and my alibis are all impeccable that would be unlikely. Maybe it is related with the assessment. Was there something odd or wrong on how I did the technique? Hmmm, that must be it.' Dylan's brows creased from Azelmek's words so he dared to ask, ”What is it that you wish to ask me about, Uncle Sheldon?”
”Waaah! Dylan, it's you... The thing is...” Sheldon's heart almost leaped out of gis body when he heard Dylan's question. He was still preoccupied with the thought of Dylan doing a combo from three techniques that he just learned.
He hesitated at first but his curiousity got the best of him so he breathe heavily before asking, ”Dylan, how were you able to use a combo of three techniques that you just learned like that? With your intellect, I know that you know what and how is a combo done. You should know how amazing it is to execute one. Yet, you were able to do it.”
'It's about the techniques after all. I was right.' Dylan maintained a faint smile and answered, ”So, it's about that. It was all due to the calculations and the knowledge I had. Also, mainly because I was able to reach the Novice Mastery on all 3 techniques in no time.”
”Calculations and knowledge?” The two clearly did not expect that sort of answer.
”Wait... Novice Mastery?!” The two was once again dumbstruck by Dylan'sresponse. 'Reaching Novice Mastery on all 3 techniques? How mostrous could he be?' They could only say this to themselves inwardly as they stood pertified.
”Indeed. After reaching Novice Mastery, I was able to familiarize myself with the current capabilities and the weaknesses of the three techniques due to the meditation I had via visual training. That's why..” Dylan was suddenly interrupted by Azelmek.
”What do you mean? Visual training? Did you not use that one hour earlier in order to create your Mystical Pond?” Azelmek found what Dylan said incoherent to the prior statements that he told them.
”That's because I used the first 10 minutes of that one hour for visual training to reflect before I proceed creating my Mystical Pond.” Dylan cleared up the confusion with ease.
”*cough* So, you only used 50 minutes to create that 800 diameter Mystical Pond of yours?” Azelmek coughed as though he heard wrongly.
”I did, Master.” Dylan nodded.
'A monster...' A single thought resounded the minds of the duo in front of Dylan.
”Where was I? Oh, right. As I was saying, it was due to the visual training I did that helped me familiarize myself with it. The next factor was because of my knowledge of the beast pack that you made me fight. They were all relatives of the Blood Hounds, the Bloodlust Coyotes. They are all innately vicious and the blood of three-horned rabbits is their favorite delicacy. So I merely used the ”Breath of Appeal” because it works better at organisms with lower intelligences like the Bloodlust Coyotes. However, at the Novice Mastery, I am only able to change my scent and not my aura to the things that I have encountered. Thankfully, I encountered three-hirned rabbits already if not, the battle would have been even harder. So, I manipulated the Breath of Appeal and turned my scent into the scent of a bleeding three-horned rabbit.”
” The reason I used the skill was because of limited time and range offered by the skill ”King of Land”. King of the Land's range was only 8 meters and I could only maintain it for a total of five seconds. After using the Breath of Appeal, their speed increased due to greedwhich I exploited by using the suppresive power of the ”King of the Land” that made them heavily crash to the ground, injuring and immobilizing all of them as a result.”